Scott, who was 68, was seen parking his car on the VincentThomas Bridge and jumping into the water below at about 12:30p.m. local time, and his body was recovered by law enforcementfrom the harbor shortly before 3 p.m., said Lieutenant Joe Bale,a watch commander for the coroner's office.

Bale said there was no immediate evidence leadinginvestigators to believe that Scott's death was anything but asuicide. He said an autopsy had not yet been performed.